Bill James is probably the most widely known purveyor of what is known as "Sabermetrics". He is also often cited by researchers in discussions, but often without them knowing the exact citation. He would often publish studies, especially in the Abstracts, which would not be easily located. This is the beginning of an attempt to gather that information (the location of the various studies) and put it in one place.
Doing a complete indexing of the Abstracts and other books by Bill James is a lengthy and tedious project which is just getting under way. So I have started with overviews of the books that I have, which are essentially the Table of Contents, sometimes with a little extra information.
I have also listed the articles that he wrote in the Baseball Analyst Newsletter, which he published, and those that I know about in other books, newspapaers and magazines. I know there are many more magazine articles and I would appreciate any citations that anyone can add.
Articles in Newspapers and Magazines
1977 Baseball Abstract - self-published, 68 pages
1978 Baseball Abstract - self-published, 115 pages
1979 Baseball Abstract - self-published, 120 pages
1980 Baseball Abstract - self-published, 200 pages
1981 Baseball Abstract - self-published, 206 pages
Bill James Baseball Abstract 1982 - Ballantine, 213 pages
Bill James Baseball Abstract 1983 - Ballantine, 238 pages
Bill James Baseball Abstract 1984 - Ballantine, 273 pages
Bill James Baseball Abstract 1985 - Ballantine, 308 pages
Bill James Baseball Abstract 1986 - Ballantine, 340 pages
Bill James Baseball Abstract 1987 - Ballantine, 300 pages
Bill James Baseball Abstract 1988 - Ballantine, 235 pages
The Baseball Book 1990 - Villard, 343 pages
The Baseball Book 1991 - Villard, 391 pages
The Baseball Book 1992 - Villard, 371 pages
The Bill James Player Rating Book 1993, Collier, 287 pages
The Bill James Player Rating Book 1994, Collier, 295 pages
The Bill James Player Rating Book 1995, Fireside, 285 pages
The Bill James Handbook 2003, Baseball Info Solutions, 346 pages
The Bill James Handbook 2004, Baseball Info Solutions, 371 pages
The Bill James Handbook 2005, Baseball Info Solutions, 409 pages
The Bill James Handbook 2006, Baseball Info Solutions, 427 pages
Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, Hardcover, 1985, Villard, 721 pages
Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, softcover, 1988, Villard, 723 pages
This Time, Let's Not Eat the Bones:Bill James Without the Numbers, hardcover, 1989, Villard, 489 pages
The Politics of Glory, hardcover, 1994, Macmillan, 452 pages
Whatever Happened to the Baseball Hall of Fame?, softcover, 1995, Fireside, 452 pages
The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers, hardcover, 1997, Scribner, 352 pages
The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, Hardcover, 2001, Free Press, 998 pages
Win Shares, Softcover, 2002, STATS, 729 pages (Also available as electronic book)
Win Shares: Digital Edition Update, Electronic, 2002, STATS, 1092 pages
The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, Softcover, 2003, Free Press, 1012 pages
The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers, Softcover, 2004, Fireside, 484 pages
The Great American Baseball Stat Book, 1987-1988, Ballantine. 1987 edition contains content by Bill James, the 1988 book does not appear to.
STATs Major League Handbook, 1990-2001
STATs Minor League Handbook
STATS 1995 Baseball Scoreboard (Other editions of this book do not carry the "Bill James" presents)
STATs All-Time Major League Handbook
STATs All-Time Major League Sourcebook
"Featuring Commentary by Bill James":
Diamond Chronicles, 1998-2000, STATS, inc.
Baseball Analyst, editor and publisher, 40 issues, Jun 1982 - Feb 1989
Bill James Baseball Abstract Newsletter, author and publisher, 2 volumes.
First volume (1984) had 8 numbered issues and 2 special issues
Second volume (1985) had 8 numbered issues and 2 special issues
Sabermetric Review, Member, Editorial Board, Meckler Publishing, 15 issues, Jul 1986-Sep 1987
"Introducing Project Scoresheet ", Baseball Analyst, Oct 1983, pp 5-6
"Technique of Run Estimation by Game-Line Assembly ", Baseball Analyst, April 1985, pp 4-9
"Changes in Productivity as Players Age", Baseball Analyst, Dec 1985, pp 6-13
"Peripheral and Identifying Characteristics of Ground-Ball and Fly-Ball Type Pitchers", Baseball Analyst, Feb 1986, pp 10-16
"How Long Do Players Spend in the Minor Leagues?", Baseball Analyst, Aug 1986, p 11
"Suggestions for Areas of Research", Baseball Analyst, March 1987, pp 2-7
"Looking at the 1987 Rookie Crop", Baseball Analyst, March 1987, pp 18-26
"Alternatives for Career Projection", Baseball Analyst, Dec 1987, pp 2-4
"Research in Progress", Baseball Analyst, Dec 1987, pp 10-15
"Run/Opposition Run Connection ", Baseball Analyst, Feb 1988, pp 1-3
"Sustained Illusions in Platoon Effects", Baseball Analyst, Feb 1988, pp 3-4
"By the Stars ", Baseball Analyst, April 1988, pp 4-5
"Are Hall of Fame Standards Declining ", Baseball Analyst, Apri l 1988, p 8
"Thirty-Homer Guys: A Four Part Study ", Baseball Analyst, August 1988, pp. 14-20
"Hall of Fame Note ", Baseball Analyst, Oct 1988, pp. 19-20
"The Relief Pitcher's ERA Advantage", Baseball Research Journal, 1977, SABR, p 114-116
"The Trading Record", Baseball Research Journal, 1978, SABR
"The Relief Pitcher's ERA Advantage", The National Pastime:Classic Moments in Baseball History, edited by John Thorn, 1987, p 92
"Foreward", The Diamond Appraised, Craig R. Wight and Tom House, Simon and Schuster, 1989, pp11-12
"Foreward".STATS 1992 Baseball Scoreboard, STATS, 1992, pp1-2
"Foreward", Insider's Baseball, L.Robert Davids, Scribners, 1993, pp vii-viii.
"George Brett - 1985", Baseball's Top 100:The Best Individual Seasons of All Time,John Benson and Tony Blengino, Diamond Library, 1995, pp253-258
"Is Anyone on Track to Win 300?", Baseball Scoreboard 1997, STATS, 1997, pp200-3
"Foreward". Ballpark Sourcebook: Diamond Diagrams, STATS, 1998, p.vii
"Who Are The Top 300-Win Candidates", Baseball Scoreboard 2001, STATS, 2001, pp122-3
"Underestimating the Fog", Baseball Research Journal, 2005, SABR, pp 29-33
"Young Pitchers", The Hardball Times Baseball Annual, 2006, ACTA Sports, pp 115-17
"The Nasty Dutchman", The Hardball Times Baseball Annual, 2006, ACTA Sports, pp 124-30
"Introduction", The Fielding Bible, 2006, ACTA Sports, pp 1-2
"Jeter vs. Everett", The Fielding Bible, 2006, ACTA Sports, pp 3-7
"Relative Range Factors", The Fielding Bible, 2006, ACTA Sports, pp 199-209
"Defensive Misplays", The Fielding Bible, 2006, ACTA Sports, pp 239-40
"Winning Margins: A New Way to Rate Baseball Excellence" , Baseball Digest, November 1975
"Big League Fielding Statistics Do Make Sense!" , Baseball Digest, March 1976
"Double Trouble: - Pitchers Who Win 20 games and Hit .300" , Baseball Digest, May 1976
"Confessions of a Stat Freak", Sport, Sep 1979, p 89
"Rating the Managers-Earl, Dick Or Billy: Who's No. 1?", Sport, July 1982, p24
"So What's All The Fuss?", Sports Illustrated, 6 Sep 1982, p 30
"And The Winner of the World Series is...", Inside Sports, Oct 1982, pp 27-34
"1983:This Is the Year That Was", Esquire, May 1983, pp 108-112
"Rating The Ballparks", Sport, May 1983, p52
"How They Play the Game". Sport, July 1984, pp 51-57
"Best Managers; Who To Watch, What To Look For", Advertising Age, 9 July 9 1984, p18
"An Abstract View About Changing The Manager", Minneapolis Star Tribune, 7 Apr 1986, p07D
"Who Will Make The Hall of Fame?", Sport, July 1986, p26
"Casey Stengel" , Sport, Dec 1986, p85
"Mid Season Baseball Report", Sports Illustrated, 20 Jul 1987, p26
"World Series: Goats and Controversies", Sports Illustrated, 9 Oct 1989, p51
"An Impossible Dreamer Remembers", Boston Globe, 25 Mar 1990, pB39
"If You Say So, Syd", New York Times Book Review, 1 Apr 1990, p 714
"Pick a Number, Any Number: Projecting How Players Will Perform Is Hardly a Guessing Game", Sporting News, 1 Apr 1990, p 12
"The Nine-Inning Manager", New York Times Magazine, 4 Apr 1993, p722
"The End of Baseball? The Owners May Not Survive Another Strike",New York Times, 8 Jul 1994, pA17
"The Old Ballgame, the Changing of the Guard", Minnespolis City Pages, 26 Apr 1995, p11
"To Have And Have Not", Inside Sports, July 1995, p32
"Numerical Order and the Hall of Fame", The Sporting News, 12 Aug 1996 with Jerome Holtzman, p6
"Collision Course", Inside Sports, Nov 1996, p60
"A Whole New York Ballgame", Inside Sports, Jan 1997, p44
"What Makes A Great Manager", New York Times Magazine, 13 Apr 1997, p 46
"Hits and Errors in Everyday Life", Forbes ASAP, 1 Dec 1997
"Total Baseball", New York Times Book Review, 31 May 1998, p10
"You'r Missin' a Great Game", New York Times Book Review, 30 May 1999
"In Defense of Pete Rose", Playboy, May 2000, p 143
"Well, Excuuuuse Me", By The Numbers:The Newsletter of the SABR Statistical Analysis Committee, November 2004, p 3 (newsletter available for download)
"Where Numbers Go Next", Boston Globe Magazine, Oct 7, 2007
NOTE: Links may expire unexpectedly
Hits and Errors in Everyday Life, Forbes ASAP, 1 Dec 1997
One-run Records as a Basis for Managerial Evaluation, April 17, 2002
ESPN chat wrap, May 14, 2002 - no longer available
ESPN chat wrap, May 15, 2003
Baseball By The Numbers NPR radio show, Aug 1, 2003
Interview at athomeplate.com, March 10, 2004
Interview at The American Enterprise. April 2004
"Ichiro's Edge", Hardball Times, Sep 12, 2004
"Well, Excuuuuse Me", By The Numbers:The Newsletter of the SABR Statistical Analysis Committee, November 2004, p 3 (newsletter available for download)
"Gathering", Hardball Times, Dec 9, 2004
Breakfast will Bill James - interview at baseballanalysts.com - Feb 28, 2005
Breakfast will Bill James(part2) - interview at baseballanalysts.com - Mar 1, 2005
Breakfast will Bill James(part3) - interview at baseballanalysts.com - Mar 2, 2005
Evidence of Non-Random Clusters in the Career Performance of George Brett and Tony Gwynn - Hot Hand in Sports website - July 28, 2005.
"Where Numbers Go Next", Boston Globe Magazine, Oct 7, 2007
"Future Expectations for Over-Performing Teams", Oct 14, 2007
Bill James Interview at Hardball Times, Feb 4, 2008.
The Lead Is Safe: How to Tell When a College Basketball Game Is Out Of Reach - March 17, 2008
Bill James Feature on 60 Minutes - March 30, 2008
Bill James Answers All Your Baseball Questions - Q&A at freakonomics blog, April 1, 2008
Bill James On-Line - launched spring 2008